What's the highest natural elevation in your state? What's the lowest? While the United States' topography provides plenty to marvel at across the map, it's not uncommon for people to take a proverbial swing and miss when answering those perplexing geographical questions: A mountain? Some hill, a body of water, a hole, what? So, let's take care of this earthly enigma on a little e-hike through the hills, mountains, sea-level dwellings and below, across the U.S.
Alabama
(AP Photo/The Birmingham News, Joe Songer)
Cheaha Mountain: 2,413 feet. Gulf of Mexico: Sea level.
Alaska
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Denali: 20,310 feet. Pacific Ocean: Sea level.
Arizona
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Humphreys Peak: 12,633 feet. Colorado River: 70 feet.
Arkansas
(AP Photo/Times Record, Kaia Larsen)
Signal Hill: 2,753 feet. Ouachita River: 55 feet.
California
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Mount Whitney: 14,505 feet. Death Valley: -282 feet.
Colorado
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Mount Elbert: 14,433 feet. Arikaree River: 3,315 feet.
Connecticut
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Mount Frissell: 2,380 feet. Long Island Sound: Sea level.
Delaware
(AP Photo/The News Journal, Robin Brown)
Ebright Azimuth: 447.85 feet. Atlantic Ocean: Sea level.
Florida
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Britton Hill: 345 feet. Atlantic Ocean: Sea level.
Georgia
(AP Photo/The Times, Debbie Gilbert)
Brasstown Bald: 4,784 feet. Atlantic Ocean: Sea level.
Hawaii
(AP Photo/Caleb Jones, File)
Mauna Kea: 13,803 feet. Pacific Ocean: Sea level.
Idaho
(AP Photo / Jackson Hole News & Guide, Bradly J. Boner)
Borah Peak: 12,662 feet. Snake River: 710 feet.
Illinois
(Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen-USA TODAY NETWORK)
Charles Mound: 1,235 feet. Mississippi River: 279 feet.
Indiana
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Hoosier Hill: 1,257 feet. Ohio River: 320 feet.
Iowa
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Hawkeye Point: 1,670 feet. Mississippi River: 480 feet.
Kansas
(AP Photo/Parsons Sun, Brian Holderman)
Mount Sunflower: 4,039 feet. Verdigris River: 679 feet.
Kentucky
(AP Photo/Rhonda Simpson)
Black Mountain: 4,145 feet. Mississippi River: 257 feet.
Louisiana
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Driskill Mountain: 535 feet (and only a little over five miles from the location where Bonnie and Clyde met their demise). New Orleans: -8 feet.
Maine
(AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
Mount Katahdin: 5,268 feet. Atlantic Ocean: Sea level.
Maryland
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Hoye-Crest: 3,360 feet. Atlantic Ocean: Sea level.
Massachusetts
(AP Photo/Beth J. Harpaz)
Mount Greylock: 3,491 feet. Atlantic Ocean: Sea level.
Michigan
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Mount Arvon: 1,979 feet. Lake Erie: 571 feet.
Minnesota
(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Eagle Mountain: 2,301 feet. Lake Superior: 601 feet.
Mississippi
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Woodall Mountain: 806 feet. Gulf of Mexico: Sea level.
Missouri
(AP Photo/Kansas City Star, Lee Meyer)
Taum Sauk Mountain: 1,772 feet. Saint Francis River: 230 feet.
Montana
(AP Photo/The Great Falls Tribune, Erin Madison)
Granite Peak: 12,807 feet. Kootenai River: 1,800 feet.
Nebraska
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Panorama Point: 5,429 feet. Missouri River: 840 feet.
Nevada
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Boundary Peak: 13,147 feet. Colorado River: 479 feet.
New Hampshire
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Mount Washington: 6,288 feet. Atlantic Ocean: Sea level.
New Jersey
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High Point: 1.804 feet. Atlantic Ocean: Sea level.
New Mexico
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Wheeler Peak: 13,159 feet. Red Bluff Reservoir: 2,842 feet.
New York
(AP Photo/Mary Esch)
Mount Marcy: 5,344 feet. Atlantic Ocean: Sea level.
North Carolina
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Mount Mitchell: 6,684 feet. Atlantic Ocean: Sea level.
North Dakota
(AP Photo/Will Kincaid, File)
White Butte: 3,507 feet. Red River of the North: 750 feet.
Ohio
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Campbell Hill: 1,549 feet. Ohio River: 455 feet.
Oklahoma
(AP Photo/Kristi Eaton)
Black Mesa: 4,973 feet. Little River: 289 feet.
Oregon
(USA TODAY Network)
Mount Hood: 11,249 feet. Pacific Ocean: Sea level.
Pennsylvania
(AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Mount Davis: 3,213 feet. Delaware River: Sea level.
Rhode Island
(USA TODAY Network)
Jerimoth Hill: 812 feet. Atlantic Ocean: Sea level.
South Carolina
(AP Photo/Bruce Smith)
Sassafras Mountain: 3,563 feet. Atlantic Ocean: Sea level.
South Dakota
(Chris Huber /Rapid City Journal via AP, File)
Black Elk Peak: 7,242. Big Stone Lake: 966 feet.
Tennessee
(USA TODAY Network)
Clingmans Dome: 6,643. Mississippi River: 178 feet.
Texas
(AP Photo/Current-Argus, Valerie Cranston)
Guadalupe Peak: 8,749. Gulf of Mexico: Sea level.
Utah
(AP Photo/The Spectrum, Jud Burkett)
Kings Peak: 13,528 feet. Beaverdam Wash: 2,000 feet.
Vermont
(AUSTIN DANFORTH/FREE PRESS, USA TODAY Network)
Mount Mansfield: 4,393 feet. Lake Champlain: 95 feet.
Virginia
(L. Todd Spencer/The Virginian-Pilot via AP)
Mount Rogers: 5,729 feet. Atlantic Ocean: Sea level.
Washington
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Mount Rainier: 14,411 feet. Pacific Ocean: Sea level.
West Virginia
(AP photo/Lawrence Pierce/The Charleston Gazette)
Spruce Knob: 4,863 feet. Potomac River: 240 feet.
Wisconsin
(Glenn Sanderson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, USAT Network)
Timm's Hill: 1,951 feet. Lake Michigan: 579 feet.
Wyoming
(AP Photo/Jackson Hole News&Guide, Bradly J. Boner)
Gannett Peak: 13,804 feet. Belle Fourche River: 3,099 feet.
